The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-11


nssw ~ NsleAss1o ~ vssssls g -
r~Pes1dene's Appel.eoo npook - moa
nsjeeeee ~ nspaea1sens - Aeeeuns =
HI $3.50 u~opuenoooo-~
Tho rejection % Mr.. J. G. Matthews
By the Republican Senate Il having :
mors serious effect on tho party than
tae partisan Senators ever imagined
The prominent representatives Of the
colorcd race 81 over tho country have
taken the matter up and have de-
nounccd the unjust, narrow-minded
policy that led TO the rejection Of .
bright capable. gentlemanly. we'll
educated member Of their community.
Hon. John II. Smyth. ex-Ministcr
% Liberia. has been most determined
In biz efforts 70 show up the un-
fairness and duplicity o. the Repub-
lican party = shown In this instance.
The delegation which waited on the
President and presented him with :
most eloquent and strongly-worded
address was composed Of eminent COL
Bishops and minister. They regarded
Il = : question OF race. not politics.
Ex-Minister Smyth. . Republican. by
the way. in . communication to the
argus. alludes 70 : card published in
our Republican morning contemporary,
and signed by . colored man Of this
city. stating that IAN Albany joins you
in our effort to send J. G. Matthews to
Liberia" Mr.. Smyth denies that he
' . suggested such q trip to Africa
for Mr.. Matthews. but on the contra
~, considered him just the man for the
position Of Recorder Of Deeds for the
District Of Columbia
Mr.. Smyth adds: THE members Of
my party in the Senate opposed his
confirmation because he was . negro
Democrat. saying. practically. that \
negro's personal liberty Is limited to
voting with one party alone. and il he
dare vote or act with the Democracy he
ID to be crushed Mr.. Smyth further
remarks that the better class Of col
ored citizens at Albany urged the Sem
ate to confirm Mr.. Matthews. He adj
ministers the following severe rcbuke
to the solitary crank who has been air
ing his spite against Mr.. Matthews in
the columns Of our Republican on
temporaries:
an concerned when. twenty years after our
enfranchisement which vas not due wholly 70
white men OF the North and West but was due
70 the combined effort Of black and white men
who went 70 the front and battlcd for the main
tenance OF the Onion, thai negroes should not
have learned that the Advancement OF any man
among rs, whether he an1liated with Democrats
or Republicans. tends 70 lin the whole seven
millions 70 q higher plane Of self-respect and
rcspectabllity. and to e1aco prejudice nom
white men Of both partics-
A. 70 the charges filed here against Mr.. Mat
thows. ! have 70 say that the committee.
through their chairman. Mr.. IngallA say they
were TOO frivolous for consideration. II Is q
fact that . uniyersally-s fgned petitions Of col.
ored people from Albany and all parts Of the
country. whose respectability. intelligence and
material worth entitle them TO high considera-
tion. asked that Mr.. Matthews b confirmed on
account Of his ueil-known unimpeachable char
acter, superior abilities and fitness for the once
TO which he was appointed
In view OF the foregoing statement from Mr..
Ingalls,, which was corroboratod BY Senator
Harris. his colleague on the subcommittee to
investigate. can any colored man claim to be In
sympathy with the sentiment Of the best ele-
ment among our people - Albany, and pretend
that the charges made against Mr.. Matthews
are well founded. without laying himself open
70 just consure Of being . little Ola crank
tor flustration.-Akbonv Ar0us.